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Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World - Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics 1st edition
Sung-Yul Park, Joseph (National University of Singapore)
Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World - Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics 1st edition
Sung-Yul Park, Joseph (National University of Singapore)
This book links Bourdieu’s theory of the linguistic market with recent advances in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. The authors develop a new critique of global English, centered on the processes by which speakers attribute value and social meaning to the language.
226 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 29, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780415882910 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 158 × 230 × 16 mm · 436 g |
Language | English |